João Carlos Muniz
João Carlos Muniz (born March 21, 1893 in Cuiabá ; † 1960 ) was a Brazilian diplomat .
Life
João Carlos Muniz was the son of Anna Virginia Costa Marques and Polydoro Antunes.
He was a Bachelor of Languages and Literature and studied law at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro . In 1923 he received his doctorate in law from New York University . From 1918 to 1927 he was Vice Consul in New York City .
In 1925 Muniz was a member of the delegation to the Interparliamentary Union in Washington, DC and in 1928 to the Pan-American Conference in Havana . From 1929 to 1931 he was employed as consul, first in London , then until 1933 in Baltimore , then until 1934 in Warsaw and finally for a few months in Geneva, where he wrote a study on coffee cultivation in Central America . In the same year he was transferred to Washington, DC, as Counselor until 1937.
In 1937 Muniz headed first the Brazilian delegation to the international labor organization and then from 1938 to 1941 the Conselho de Imigração e Colonização and, in the meantime, from 1939 to 1940 also the Conselho Federal de Comércio Exterior . In 1941 he was then represented as a delegate at the ILO conference in New York City .
From June 18, 1941 to August 3, 1942 Muniz was transferred as envoy to Havana and then appointed as ambassador to Quito until January 25, 1946 . In the meantime, from May 18 to June 3, 1943, he was also a member of the delegation to the United Nations Conference on Food and Agriculture in Hot Springs, Virginia.
In 1945 Muniz was appointed Secretary General of the Itamaraty and represented the Brazilian government at the Pan American Union from 1946 to 1947, before he took over the leadership of the Brazilian delegation to the General Assembly of the United Nations in Lake Success in 1947 . In October 1951, he was made chair of the United Nations Security Council. From 1953 to 1956 he was transferred as ambassador to Washington, DC and in 1956 he took over the direction of the Conference on the Statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency .
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Leopoldo Teixeira Leite Filho |
Brazilian envoy in Havana June 18, 1941 to August 3, 1942 |
Carlos Maximiano de Figueiredo |
| Altamir de Moura |
Brazilian ambassador in Quito August 15, 1942 to January 25, 1946 |
José Duarte Gonçalves da Rocha |
| Pedro Leão Veloso |
Head of the delegation to the General Assembly of the United Nations May 25 to August 14, 1919 |
Raul Fernandes |
| Aleš Bebler |
President of the United Nations Security Council October 1951: |
Tsiang Tingfu |
| Walther Moreira Salles |
Ambassador to Washington DC Oct. 20, 1953 to July 18, 1956 |
Sylvio Ribeiro de Carvalho |
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Representative of the Brazilian government at the Conference on the Statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency in 1956 |
Carlos Alfredo Bernardes |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Who's Who in Latin America : Part VI, Brazil, s. 171
- ↑ Eisenhower's letter to João Carlos Muñiz, president of the Conference on the Statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency, October 23, and his enclosed statement to the conference
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Muniz, João Carlos |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 21, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cuiabá |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1960 |